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Saturday, July 4. 2015

Do boys still learn to box at the local Boy's Club? Man, I hated to get hit but I liked the hitting. Do Boy's Clubs still exist? Are they even legal? Teddy Roosevelt's stories about boxing as a child are hilarious. He was determined, despite asthma, to toughen up. He did.

In the 50's I would average about 2 fights in the ring a weekend at our boys club. If you were a beginner to boxing they would only let you fight one round. But if you were a regular the standard was three 2 minute rounds. I learned a lot in the ring.

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